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The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo Indian folk-stories, The Revenge of the Fawns, sentence 135

When they came to the shore the old Wolf was choking, coughing, and crying, and so mad that she would not pay the Beaver as she had promised--and from that day to this the Beaver will never again ferry a Wolf across the river.

Who acts: Wolf, old Wolf, Peé, Beaver · What happens: come, choke, cough, cry, not pay, promise · To what, where: shore, Beaver, Wolf, river

This is a sentence of «The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo Indian folk-stories» by Charles Fletcher Lummis, The Revenge of the Fawns. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Wolf, old Wolf, Peé, Beaver), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

Mova's own parse. This tree may be wrong.

The tree

advmodnsubjcasedetobldetamodnsubjauxacl:relclpunctconjpunctccconjpunctccadvmodconjmarknsubjauxadvmodccompdetobjmarknsubjauxadvclpunctcccasedetoblcasenmoddetnsubjauxadvmodadvmodconjdetobjcasedetoblpunctrootWhenADVtheyPRONcameVERBtoADPtheDETshoreNOUNtheDEToldADJWolfPROPNwasAUXchokingVERB,PUNCTcoughingVERB,PUNCTandCCONJcryingVERB,PUNCTandCCONJsoADVmadADJthatSCONJshePRONwouldAUXnotPARTpayVERBtheDETBeaverPROPNasSCONJshePRONhadAUXpromisedVERB--PUNCTandCCONJfromADPthatDETdayNOUNtoADPthisPRONtheDETBeaverPROPNwillAUXneverADVagainADVferryVERBaDETWolfNOUNacrossADPtheDETriverNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhenwhenADVPronType=Int3 cameadvmod
2theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs3 camensubj
3camecomeVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
4totoADP_6 shorecase
5thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art6 shoredet
6shoreshoreNOUNNumber=Sing3 cameobl
7thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art9 Wolfdet
8oldoldADJDegree=Pos9 Wolfamod
9WolfWolfPROPNNumber=Sing11 chokingnsubj
10wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin11 chokingaux
11chokingchokeVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part6 shoreacl:relcl
12,,PUNCT_13 coughingpunct
13coughingcoughVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part11 chokingconj
14,,PUNCT_16 cryingpunct
15andandCCONJ_16 cryingcc
16cryingcryVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part11 chokingconj
17,,PUNCT_20 madpunct
18andandCCONJ_20 madcc
19sosoADV_20 madadvmod
20madmadADJDegree=Pos3 cameconj
21thatthatSCONJ_25 paymark
22sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs25 paynsubj
23wouldwouldAUXVerbForm=Fin25 payaux
24notnotPARTPolarity=Neg25 payadvmod
25paypayVERBVerbForm=Inf20 madccomp
26thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art27 Beaverdet
27BeaverBeaverPROPNNumber=Sing25 payobj
28asasSCONJ_31 promisedmark
29sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs31 promisednsubj
30hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin31 promisedaux
31promisedpromiseVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part25 payadvcl
32----PUNCT_44 ferrypunct
33andandCCONJ_44 ferrycc
34fromfromADP_36 daycase
35thatthatDETNumber=Sing PronType=Dem36 daydet
36daydayNOUNNumber=Sing44 ferryobl
37totoADP_38 thiscase
38thisthisPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Dem36 daynmod
39thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art40 Beaverdet
40BeaverBeaverPROPNNumber=Sing44 ferrynsubj
41willwillAUXVerbForm=Fin44 ferryaux
42neverneverADVPronType=Neg43 againadvmod
43againagainADV_44 ferryadvmod
44ferryferryVERBVerbForm=Inf3 cameconj
45aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art46 Wolfdet
46WolfwolfNOUNNumber=Sing44 ferryobj
47acrossacrossADP_49 rivercase
48thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art49 riverdet
49riverriverNOUNNumber=Sing44 ferryobl
50..PUNCT_3 camepunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1comepastWolfthe shorevn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to shore=Initial_Location
2chokepast · progressivethe old Wolfthe shore not said herevn fill-9.8 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent shore=Destination
3coughgerundthe old Wolf not said herevn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4cry speech: expressgerundthe old Wolf not said herevn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5not paywouldPeéthe Beavervn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent beaver=Asset
6promise speech: promisepast · perfectPeévn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
7ferryfuturethe Beavera Wolfthe riveragain; never; dayvn vehicle-51.4.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent wolf=Theme across river=Trajectory

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

Text: «The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo Indian folk-stories» by Charles Fletcher Lummis, Project Gutenberg book 77804 (public domain in the USA). Tree: Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), the chapter read in order.

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